Football spread betting - corner kicks
Another area that can also be wagered
on separately is the amount of corner kicks won in a
match. In addition, it is also possible to bet on the
concept of Multi corners . This is the number of corners
in the first half multiplied by the number of corners
in the second.
In the English premiership the number of corners a
team wins is often directly linked to its goal scoring
capabilities. However, the difference between the best
and the worst teams is not that large. In the 1996/97
season, Man United averaged 6.9 corners per home game,
whilst conceding 4.2, but their goal superiority was
38 -17. If corners won were a direct reflection of goals
scored you would expect the gap between won and conceded
corners to be greater.
On the other hand, Nottingham Forest’s away record
was a major contributing factor in them finishing bottom
of the league. Their away games recorded an average
of4.4 corners won and 6.6 conceded but their goal record
was a lot worse, with only 16 goals scored in the season
and 32 conceded. What this tells us that although in
certain circumstances the corner statistics may go some
way to reflecting a teams overall performance it is
often not nearly as accurately as one may imagine. Looking
only at corner statistics, it would be easy to assume
that that poor teams were often ‘hammered’
by better teams when in fact, this is really not the
case.
In the premiership, teams playing at home, on average,
win 6.2 corners and 4.2. For this reason, quotes on
corners tend to be around 11-12. With odds like these,
a bettor may well decide to look elsewhere before paying
up for a bet which is by its nature volatile. If you
decide you wish to enter this market you might want
to think about the following piece of information before
you do: it is reckoned that the greatest financial losses
ever to be incurred in the short history of spread betting
were by a person who was a consistent and habitual buyer
of the corners market.
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